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Shiraz, Iran

A cutout of a woman in Iranian dress stands in front of the Karim Khani Palace, also a former prison, May 29, 2014.

Shiraz, celebrated for more than 2,000 years as the heartland of Persian culture, is known as the home of Iranian poetry and for its progressive attitudes and tolerance.

Like all of Iran, this week Shiraz observes the 25th anniversary of the death and continued legacy of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the father of the Islamic revolution.

Getty Images photographer John Moore traveled through central Iran in spring to take the following images.

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Isfahan, Iran

A shopper leaves the Hyper Star market, near a sculpture of a shopper, at the new Isfahan City Center shopping mall, June 2, 2014.

The mall, still under construction, is the largest shopping center in Iran and will include a 5-star hotel, a financial center and an entertainment center with cinema and fair complex. The mall is being built by Prestige Land Iran and was designed by architect Madardo Cadiz of Cadiz International.

It's also the Iran's top tourist destination for both Iranian and domestic visitors.

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Tehran, Iran

Women hold up their hands pledging to offer their lives, if needed, for the Islamic Revolution outside the shrine of the Ayatollah Khomeini on the 25th anniversary of his death on June 4, 2014 on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran.

Thousands of people gathered to hear speeches to mark the event. Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, is still revered by many Iranians, and his portrait hangs throughout the country.

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Abyaneh, Iran

A donkey stands amongst traditional mud brick homes in the ancient mountain village of Abyaneh, Iran, June 3, 2014.

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Shahinshahr, Iran

A woman fills her gas tank at a service station. Gas prices, which are regulated by the Iranian government, have risen sharply in the last month, June 3, 2014.

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Abarqu, Iran

A pickup truck full of young men rides through town near the town of Abarqu, in central Iran, May 30, 2014.

Isfahan, Iran

Shiraz, Iran

A parakeet awaits customers in order to choose a "fortune" outside of the beloved Iranian poet Hafez's tomb, May 29, 2014.

Customers pay a handler for the bird to choose a piece of paper from a box with a verse of Hafez's poetry meant to give advice for future endeavors.

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Meymeh, Iran

Farmer Abbas Hamamian works his wheat field, June 3, 2014.

He said he has owned the 4-hectare farm for 15 years, and this year's rains have been good for his crop.

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Nasrabad, Iran

Goats seek out grazing material at sunset, May 30, 2014.

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Naqsh-e-rostam, Iran

Tombs of Achaemenid kings stand hewn into a cliff, May 30, 2014.

The ruins mark the burial sites of three kings from the 6th century BC Persian Achaemenid Empire, the largest empire the world had known up to that time, which was eventually ended by Alexander the Great.

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Shiraz, Iran

A woman smokes a hookah while visiting a poetry calligraphy workshop, May 29, 2014.

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Shiraz, Iran

Pilgrims pay tribute at the tomb of beloved Iranian poet Hafez.

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Meymeh, Iran

Buses carrying pilgrims for ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the death of the Ayatollah Khomeini drive from the countryside towards Tehran, June 3, 2014.